Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The following sketches were written about a period when "a contemptible little army" fell back from Mons on Paris, advanced north to the Aisne, and finally arrived in Belgium to fight the first battle of Ypres. Much water has flowed under the bridge since they were written: there are not many left of that original handful who crossed the water; and yet a second winter finds us in positions practically unchanged. True, the trenches have improved; the bombs are better; the guns more numerous. But the boredom and the mud, the cold and the fright, are just the same. The stories are not chronological, and, needless to say, portray no specific individual. All are founded on fact, sketched in with a framework of imagination. TABLE OF CONTENTS Episode I. Three To One Episode II. A Fire In Billets Episode III. Medical Inspection Episode IV. The Guards Episode V. A Subaltern Of The Guards Episode VI. A Word To The Shirkers Episode VII. The Bridge Episode VIII. The Charge Of The Cooks Episode IX. The Spy Episode X. Mud And Noise Episode XI. The Christmas Truce Episode XII. Sapping And Mining Episode XIII. The Heavy Lieutenant's Prisoner Episode XIV. How To Be Happy Though Wounded Episode XV. The Terrible Danger of "Funk" Episode XVI. Good-bye and Good Luck